Ch. 4
4.2.3
4.2.3
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4.2.3
Name of claimant(cont'd)
II.
Variant form of claimant's name(cont'd)
d.
Abbreviations, initials, etc.
7.
(cont'd)
Examples:
(1)
In notice:
B & W Labe
In application:
B & W Labs, accepted alternative designation of Bang and Whimper Atomic Laboratories, Inc.
(2)
In notice:
Verdi's Pizza Palace
In application:
Joe Green, d.b.a. Verdi's Pizza Palace
8.
Where there is any question as to precisely what name is considered a part of the notice (e.g. in dispersed notice cases, or where other names follow the' notice), the application will be annotated to show what is regarded the name in the notice.
III.
Different claimants in notice and application.
a.
In general. Where the application and notice appear to name different persons, the Office will write for an explanation. (The explanation may show, for example, that the name in the notice is the pseudonym
